Thursday, October 11, 2012, 4:47 PM

Seth Wenig/AP

Convicted ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada and his son are scheduled to plead
guilty tomorrow in Brooklyn Federal Court, after reaching a deal with
the government on the remaining criminal charges they face for using a
low-income healthcare network as their personal piggybank, then not
paying taxes on the money they stole.
The elder Espada was convicted in May of stealing more than $400,000
from the Soundview Health Network he founded in the Bronx to fund
personal expenses, but the jury deadlocked on one count and was also
hung on the charges against his son, Pedro Gautier Espada.
They also faced a trial on tax evasion charges in Manhattan Federal Court next month.
But sources said there will be no additional trials as a result of the guilty pleas before Federal Judge Frederic Block.
A spokesman for the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's office declined comment.
Lawyers for the Espadas could not immediately be reached.
Espada already faces 10 years in prison on the charges he was convicted
of last spring. It is unclear how the guilty plea will affect his
sentence, or whether his son will also face jail time.